Spacer for automobile hoods and its seat



Aug. 30, 1938. I w. B. BAUER 2,128,577

. SPACER FOR AUTOMOBILE TIOODS AND ITS SEAT Filed Sept. 10. 1936INVENTOR Patented Aug. 30, 1938 UNITED STATES PATENT, OFFICE Walter B.Bauer, Springfield, Ohio Application September 10, 1936, Serial No.100,082

3 Claims.

This invention relates to a spacer which may be inserted between anintermediate portion of the rear edge of the upper section of one of thehood members which covers the engine of an automobile and its seat topermit for the passage of a current of warm air from the engine whichmay be directed on the outer side of the windshield of the automobilefor defrosting purposes.

The object of this invention is to provide a device of the characterreferred to which may be readily secured to the rear edge of the uppersection of one of the hood members which will remain in place on thehood member when the same is raised.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of thecharacter referred to which will be of simple and economicalconstruction, effective for the purpose for which it is designed andwhich may be readily installed or removed.

In the accompanying drawing:

Fig. 1 is a top plan view of a portion of one of the hood members andits seat of an automobile showing my device installed on the hood.

Fig. 2 is a vertical section on the line 2--2- of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a transverse section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a vertical section of my device with a portion of one of thehood members and of the cowl and its flange also in vertical section,the cowl and its flange in this figure being of a modified form fromthat shown in the other figures.

Fig. 5 is a front elevation of a modified form of the device, the hoodbeing shown in section.

Fig. 6 is a section on the line ii6 of Fig. 5.

I preferably construct my device from moulded comparatively softvulcanized rubber and it consists of a main body portion I having on itsupper inner corner an integral flange 2 which is preferably beveledforwardly and downwardly as indicated at 2. This beveled portion isseparated from the main body I so as to provide a groove 3 whichreceives a portion of the inner edge'of a member of the hood whichcovers the engine, a portion of this hood member being indicated at 4.Because of the resilient character of the main body I and the beveledportion of the flange, when it is inserted on the edge of the hoodmember it will be frictionally held thereon, but may be readily removed.

In Figs. 1, 2 and 3 a cowl 5 and its flange 6 of the automobile are ofthe type which is now usually employed in which the flange 6 is droppedbelow the cowl so as to permit the inner edge of the hood to lie closelyadjacent the Vertical por tion 5' of the cowl. In order to accommodatemy device to such a construction portion l at I provide the body itslower inner corner with a recess 1 to permit it to partly overlie thecowl so as to bring the inner end of the groove 3 substantially in linewith the vertical edge 5 of the cowl.

The cowl and its flange shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 is now generally usedin all makes of automobiles but the type cowl an which a portion ofdevice is equally applicable to an old (1 flange such as shown in Fig. 4in the cowl is indicated at 8 and its flange at 9, the flange beingsubstantially flush with the surface of the cowl.

When so installed so as to leave a passageway between the hood and thecowl so that warm air from the engine may be projected against thewindshield to prevent the accumulation of snow or The device isinstalled upon hood which i sleet upon the shield. that member of the 5upon the drivers side of the automobile but it is obvious if desired oneof them can be installed upon the other member of the hood.

While I have described the device as being made of comparatively softvulcanized rubber I do not Wish to limit myself to that particularmaterial.

While I have described my spacer as a body portion which is removablysecured to the inner edge of a portion of the hood of the automobile, Ido not wish to be limited to this particular construction, as

removably to the seat it is feasible to attach the spacer for the hoodas shown in Figs. 5 and 6. In these figures IEI represents the spacingblock, the flange which is usual to provide the flange II the hood, l2the cowl and 13 forms the seat for the hood. It l3 with a packing suchas indicated at M and in this case the spacing block I is provided atits lower forward corner with a lip l which is forced beneath thepacking l4 between two of the rivets l6 which secure the packing to theflange. In this case the block I0 is shown as provided with a recess l'lsimilar to the recess 1 previously referred to. This recess I'I,however, is

not intended to overlie the cowl but is merely provided to permit theblock to clear the cowl to facilitate installation of the spacer.

Having .1. A space thus described my invention, I claim:

r for the hood of an automobile and of said parts to position said bodybetween the hood and seat to provide for a space for warm air betweenthe hood and its seat.

3. A spacer for the hood of an automobile and its seat in which the seatis provided with packing material, said spacer consisting of a solidbody of vulcanized rubber having at its lower forward corner an integralprojecting lip adapted to be forced between the seat and its packing. I

WALTER BI BAUER.

